2 PTIs, aide held for using fake degrees to get govt jobs
Two of the accused, Manish Kumar and Kamlesh Patidar, secured govt jobs as PTIs using forged BP.Ed degrees, while the third, Pramod Kumar, allegedly helped arrange the fake certificates.
The case came to light after the police launched an investigation into complaints of fake degrees being used. A senior police officer was tasked with investigating the matter. He filed a report pointing to irregularities in PTI recruitment in 2018 and 2022. SP Banswara, Harish Agarwalla, said all three were arrested after verification confirmed that the degrees were fake.
Manish Kumar, a resident of Partapur in Banswara, submitted a forged BPEd (Bachelor of Physical Education) degree allegedly issued by Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, in Chhattisgarh in 2012 to apply for the PTI recruitment exam.
He passed the exam conducted by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board and was appointed as a PTI at Govt Upper Primary School, Napla, in Chhoti Sarwan Panchayat Samiti in the district.
Kamlesh Patidar, from Bodia village under Garhi Police Station, also used a fake 2013 degree from the same university to apply in the 2018 recruitment. He was selected and posted as a PTI at Govt Upper Primary School, Garadiya, in the Sajjangarh Panchayat Samiti area.
During interrogation, both Manish and Kamlesh admitted they obtained the fake degrees through known contacts. One of those contacts was identified as Pramod Kumar Modi, 36, a resident of Gadhi. Pramod did not apply for a govt job himself but confessed to helping arrange the fake BPEd degrees for others through a known source.
Verification by Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University confirmed that the degrees submitted by Manish and Kamlesh were not issued by the university and did not match official records. All three accused were arrested and are currently being interrogated further.
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